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The story of M-Pesa is frequently told as a story of genius mobile money design. The reality is more interesting: it was accidental product-market fit at an extraordinary scale. The original pilot, run in 2005-06 among Faulu Kenya…
A tribunal has today given the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) authority to revoke the licenses of 6 stations owned by the Standard Media Group (SMG) over KES 48.8 million in unpaid fees. The ruling targets prominent outlets,…
NTSA launched its Instant Fines Management System earlier this month, promising a fully automated enforcement regime where cameras catch you, an algorithm decides your guilt, and you get an instant fine with zero paperwork involved. Within…
Wikipedia has formally banned the use of software tools that generate article content on its own on March 20, 2026. The English-language version of the site passed the measure with 44 votes in favor and only 2 against, in a decision made…
X (Twitter) has started rolling out a dislike button for replies on the platform, and it works nothing like the one you might remember from early YouTube. The button appears as a thumbs-down icon sitting next to the ‘like’ button on…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) moved quickly on March 26 to contain a wave of public alarm triggered by its own March 24 notice on USB-C ports, clarifying that its new technical specifications for mobile devices do not ban…
For years, the argument has always been that if your teenage child is anxious and glued to Instagram, that is a parenting problem. Social media companies are just building tools, and what users do with those tools or what happened to them…
A single viral post in one country can affect brand perception everywhere else within hours. That is why reputation management monitoring becomes more complex the moment a brand operates across multiple markets. Reputation management…
By September 2024, USB-C became the standard charging port for all mobile phones, tablets, and cameras in the European Union. This was announced after the European Parliament (EP) and Council negotiators agreed. Back in 2015, the first…
Introduction Factory Reset Protection (FRP) is a vital anti-theft measure, yet it regularly irritates genuine buyers of used phones and repair shops. The main problem lies in a “cat-and-mouse game”: smartphone manufacturers and Google…
Did you know that under Kenyan law, you have the right to see what your former employer wrote about you in a reference letter? That right was tested and upheld last year when the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner ruled in favor of…
The regulatory standoff over Meta’s acquisition of AI startup Manus has escalated sharply after Chinese authorities imposed exit bans on two of Manus’s co-founders. This has shown Beijing’s enforcement posture shifting from administrative…
Infinix launched the Note 60 Pro in Kenya today, and it comes packed with enough interesting features to be worth a proper look, especially at its price point. The Chip Powering It Is a First for Infinix The Note 60 Pro is the first…
OpenAI has announced it is shutting down its AI video generation app Sora, which it launched to considerable fanfare last September. “We’re saying goodbye to the Sora app,” the company wrote in a post on X. To everyone who created with…
Airtel Africa and SpaceX have completed technical trials of the Starlink Direct-to-Cell service in Kenya, targeting regions where terrestrial mobile towers do not reach. The pilot confirmed that standard 4G smartphones can connect to…
Mobile has changed the way players access and engage with online casinos. What was once a secondary option, one overlooked by some casino platforms, is now the primary way many users play. With smartphones always within reach, casino…
Namibia became the latest African country to shut the door on Elon Musk’s satellite internet service, Starlink. The Communications Regulatory Authority of Namibia resolved to decline Starlink’s applications for both a telecommunications…
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is pushing ever harder to control what phones enter the market and how they get here, and the costs of that push are starting to land on ordinary Kenyans. In its Technical Specifications for…
There was a time long before Twitter when breaking news meant waiting. It meant a presenter interrupting scheduled programming or a headline crawling across a screen in on a red background. Information moved on the schedules of…
Kenya has formally launched a data-sharing framework to govern how satellite and Earth observation data are shared across different agencies. The Kenya Space Agency (KSA) launched the Kenya Earth Observation Data Sharing Framework 2026 in…
Samsung arrived at NVIDIA’s GTC 2026 conference in San Jose with a clear intent that it wants to be the company that supplies nearly every critical memory component inside tomorrow’s AI systems. The headline product is HBM4, Samsung’s…
Kenya’s government digital services platform, e-Citizen, has announced plans to introduce commercial advertisements and official notices as part of a broader enhancement of the portal. e-Citizen announced the platform is currently being…
When markets get shaky, everyone pays attention. These days, more and more tech-savvy traders are turning to commodities like gold and oil, and thanks to online platforms, they can make moves faster than ever. There’s a pattern to…
TikTok has banned 20 accounts following an investigation that uncovered a disturbing network of AI-generated Black female influencer personas being used to funnel users toward paid, sexually explicit content. The BBC, working alongside…
